In its first weekend, it earns $330 million, including $77.4 million in the U.S. July 11: The film version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix opens in theaters around the world.
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The attraction is described as a "theme park within a theme park," and will include full -scale models of the spots made famous by the popular books and movies. May 31: Warner Brothers Entertainment and Universal Orlando Resort announce plans to create "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" at the Florida amusement park. Michael Goldenberg replaces Stever Kloves as screenwriter, a position Kloves had held for the previous four films. The movie's release date is set for Wednesday, July 11th in the US. November 17: The first trailer for the film version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is released. The title of the book is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and Rowling states that two charachters will die, leading fans to speculate that Harry is one of them. and 14.9 million in the U.K.įebruary 1: The publication date for the seventh and final Harry Potter book is announced to be Jat 12:01 A.M. It has biggest opening weekend of any Harry Potter film, taking in $101.4 million in the U.S. November 18: The fourth film is released. In another first, Braille and large-print editions are released on the same day as the other editions. first printing is a record-shattering 10.8 million copies.
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It's 672 pages long, making this the first book in the series to be shorter than the one before it. July 16: The sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is released. January 23: Rowling gives birth to her third child, Mackenzie Jean Rowling Murray. It opens four days later in the United States, grossing $93.7 million, for the third-best opening weekend (this time behind Spider-Man and Shrek 2.) There's a new director, Alfonso Cuarn, and Michael Gambon takes over the role of Dumbledore. May 31: The third film opens in the United Kingdom, taking in 5.3 million in one day, and 23.9 million on opening weekend both are records. January: A higher court rejects Stouffer's appeal, and orders her to pay the court costs. At 870 pages, this is the longest book in the series, about three times the size of the first volume. The first printing is 6.4 million copies in the U.S.
June 21: The fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is released. March 23: Rowling gives birth to her second child, David Gordon Rowling Murray. On opening weekend, this one makes $88 million in America, for the third-largest opening (behind the first film and Spider-Man), and almost 19 million in the U.K., setting another record. November 15: The second film, once again directed by Chris Columbus, opens. This does not affect the second film, which has already been completed.
October 25: Richard Harris, who played Dumbledore in the movies, dies. Stouffer is found to have lied to the court and forged documents to support her case, and is required to pay a fine and some of her opponents' legal fees. September: The court deciding the lawsuits involving Nancy Stouffer rules in favor of Rowling, saying that there is no reasonable possibility of confusion between the books. Beginning this week (the first one in which Goblet of Fire appears), children's books have a list of their own, to keep them from competing with more grown-up titles. July 23: Up until now, the available Harry Potter books have been at or near the top of the New York Times list of bestsellers. This book is much longer (734 pages!) and darker than any of the previous books in the series, leading some critics to predict that the Harry Potter fad will end here. Both these practices are followed for every book that follows. This is the first time the book is released at the same time in both countries, and the first time it's released on Saturday, so that children can get and read the book as soon as it comes out without skipping school. July 8: The fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, is published in both the United Kingdom and the United States, with a record-setting combined first printing of more than 5 million copies. August 21: After a long search, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint are chosen to play Harry, Hermione, and Ron on film. March 28: Chris Columbus is chosen as the director for the first Harry Potter film. March: Nancy Stouffer countersues, claiming that Rowling did steal her ideas. The life and times of Harry Potter and his creator by Shmuel Ross and Mark Zurlo